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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 749 IS
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE HILO-HAMAKUA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO ASSIST WITH EXPENSES
RELATED TO THE SAKADA DAY CELEBRATION 2018.
WHEREAS, the Hilo-Hamakua Community Development Corporation is a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve as a resource and assist residents of the
Hilo/Hamakua coast in community based and environmentally sound economic development
opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Governor David Y. Ige signed into law HB604 dedicating
December 20th as Sakada Day, providing a formal recognition of this very important part of the
Filipino community; and
WHEREAS, this year's Sakada Day celebration will be held at the Kulaimano
Community Center in Pepe`ekeo on December 16, 2018, to honor the legacy of some 125,000
sugar and pineapple plantation laborers recruited from the Philippines between 1906 and 1946 by
the Hawaii Sugar Planters Association, acknowledging the Sakadas contribution to Hawai`i's
economy, society, and culture of those sugar plantation workers from the Hamakua District; and
WHEREAS, the Hilo-Hdinakua Community Development Corporation is working with
the Sakada Day group to coordinate this event and is requesting funds for event program
expenses for the Sakada Day celebration; and
WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Department of Research and Development is to
support sustainable agricultural practices by promoting educational opportunities designed to
build skills and capacity in the farming community and to support local, national, and
international promotion of locally produced agricultural products; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaii County Code,
Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via
resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event,
activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now,
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that
Contingency Relief funds from Council District 2 will be appropriated to the Department of
Research and Development to provide a grant to Hilo-Hamakua Community Development
Corporation for expenses related to the Sakada Day Celebration 2018.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawaii hereby
transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk -Council SVC — Contingency Relief
CREDITED TO: Department of Research and Development
010.161.5162.98 HI Cty Resource Center
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Hilo-Hamakua Community Development
Corporation — Sakada Day Celebration 2018)
$500
$500
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Research and Development and Director of Finance, and that the
Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the
terms of this resolution.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 20th day of November , 2018 .
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUI;qTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawai i
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawaii on _ November _20. 2018
ATTEST:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
2
ROLL CALL VOTE
Reference:
C-1158/Council
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AYES NOES
ABS EX
CHUNG
X
DAVID
X
EOFF
X
KANUHA
LEE; LOY
O' HARA
POINDEXTER
X
X
X
RICHARDS
X
RUGGLES
X
7 0
1 0
Reference:
C-1158/Council
RESOLUTION NO. 749 18